Lagos announces deadline for registration of UBE placement test

The Lagos State Government has announced that the registration for the 2025 Universal Basic Education by Continuous Assessment Scores (UBE BY CAS) and Placement Test, which commenced on January 27, will end on April 25.

The director of the Lagos State Examinations Board, Orunsolu Adebayo, disclosed this in a statement.

Adebayo advised parents/guardians, head teachers, proprietors, and proprietors of six primary pupils transiting into junior secondary schools (JSS) to take note of the date and act accordingly.

He disclosed that Yoruba has been approved as a subject for the placement test by CAS and students sitting for the exam will be tested on their knowledge of the language and their ability to speak and write it.

According to Adebayo, only primary 6 students attending public and approved private primary schools in the state will be eligible to participate in UBE by CAS and Placement Test.

The registration is free for students in public schools in Lagos, but private primary schools who wish to sit for the placement test are expected to pay the sum of N5,000 through the Lagos State Central Billing System (CBS), he said.

Adebayo assured parents and education stakeholders that no child would be left unattended to.

He added that the board is working round the clock to ensure a seamless registration exercise.